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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1927

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OVER-INSURANCE 'Crops Deliberately Burnt' Bush Fire Inquiry Lightning and Railway Engines Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 5

A witness told the Royal Commission inquiring into the prevention of bush fires to-day that over insured crops were sometimes deliberately…

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N,z, Dairy Companies Opposition to Control Board. Auckland

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1927 · page 5

At a meeting of delegates representing 19 Waikato dairy factories a resolution condemning the policy of the Dairy Produce Control Board was carried by 17…

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Dairying Industry Duty on Imported Butter Country Party's Attitude

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 2

At the half-yearly meeting of the Orara Co-operative Dairy Society, Ltd., the following resolution was carried unanimously on the motion of Mr. G. A. Clarke and Mr…

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Self-sown Wheat

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 7

During November last, when Mr. John Aisthorpe, of Maranoa (Q.), was harvesting his wheat crop, a quantity remained in the ground. The grain germinated after…

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London Butter Market N.Z. Board's Proposal. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 5

The Dairy Produce Control Board has received a cable from the London Agency in which it is stated that the market was steadier. The whole position, however,…

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1926 Sugar Crop Average of £2476 Ton Figures for Queensland. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 4

The chairman of the Sugar Board, Mr. Short, said to-day the hoard had been negotiating with the Colonial Sugar Refinery Co. with a view to finalising…

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No Foul Play Farm Hand's Death. Perth

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 23 March 1927 · page 4

Doctors have now ascertained that Bert Hines, the farm hand whose body was found in the bush at Nungarin, died from heart disease…

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More Butter by Rail

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 4

With the [?]andardisation and general uplift of quality in butter production taking place over Australia, particularly in N.S.W., there is a…

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The Dairying Industry. Marketing and Other Problems

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 2

Marketing is still essentially a system of exchange. One stream of the products of industry is ever flowing out; another stream…

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Dorrigo Dairy Company. Half-yearly Meeting

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 6

The half-yearly meeting of the Dorrigo Dairy Company was held at the Memorial Hall on Tuesday last, when there was an attendance of over 100…

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Dairyville Deviation

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 25 March 1927 · page 1

"Flathead" writes again:—Kindly allow me space to reply to Mr. J. H. Hartley's letter re Dairyville deviation. I am sorry that Mr…

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More Butter by Rail

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 7

With the standardisation and general uplift of quality in butter production taking place over Australia, particularly in New South Wales there is a collateral…

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Results of Butter Analysis

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 7

At the annual meeting of the P.D.S. shareholders, Mr. C. E. D. Meares pointed out the loss sustained to the butter industry through irregularity of moisture…

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Safeguarding Cattle From Pleuro

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 4

A proclamation of considerable importance to the Northern Rivers district was gazetted on February 25, declaring the establishment of a quarantine line enclosing the Pastures Protection districts of Tweed-Lismore, Casino and Grafton. The object of this line is to protect the area in question…

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Butter Importations New Zealand Competition Duty Needed. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Saturday 26 March 1927 · page 5

Representatives of a New Zealand cooperative dairy produce company and of a New Zealand selling agency are at present in Sydney looking for suitable…

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London Butter Market Australian and N.Z. in Demand. London

Daily Examiner · Monday 28 March 1927 · page 4

Extracts from the London trade summary say although the butter market closed the week quietly, the position generally is regarded as satisfactory, for…

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Sheep Stealing Charges

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 4

At the Glen Innes Police Court, George William Gilbey, grazier, of Stannum, was charged with stealing 21 ewes, the property of Frederick Kiehne, of Deepwater…

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BUTTER Duty of Sixpence Sought Application to Tariff Board Importations From New Zealand. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 5

The Australian Dairy Council applied to the Tariff Board to-day for an increase in the duty oil imported butter and cheese to sixpence per lb…

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Crop of Crocks Accident to New Hope. v SYDNEY, Tuesdayy

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 2

The Doncaster candidate New Hope met with an accident while training at Randwick wick to-day. He was galloping with Metellus when…

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Farmer Drowned in Flooded Gully

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 30 March 1927 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon Mr. James Hook, a dairy farmer, was drowned when returning to his home at Cedar Pocket, near Gympie. Mr. Hook left home…

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